Officials seize 10 venomous snakes from West Palm Beach home

Florida Wildlife Commission officials took 10 venomous snakes from a West Palm Beach home this month and left behind a slew of citations.

Brian Buchkowski, 29, did not have permit for the 10 snakes in his home, including five copperheads, three monocled cobras, a black and white spitting cobra and a white-lipped pit viper, according to a FWC report.

Officers responded to the Green Springs Place home Sept. 11 regarding a complaint that Buchkowski was keeping snakes without a permit, the report said. Buchkowski lives at the residence with his parents.

Buchkowski first showed officers 10 other snakes that he had, none of which required a permit.

But they found the monocled cobra in the closet, another snake in a covered aquarium and several others in a small plastic container under the sink.

Buchkowski was cited for keeping the snakes without a license, keeping the snakes in containers that did not have proper locks, keeping the snakes without proper bite protocol, having no record of acquisition and failure to identify non-native species.

All the snakes are now being housed with a person who has the proper permits, the report said.

A white-lipped pit viper was seized from a West Palm Beach home (Photo: FWC).

Copperhead snakes in a plastic container were seized from West Palm Beach home (Photo: FWC).

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